Camp-bedstead



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PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904.

H. R. WYKERT.

CAMP BBDSTBAD.

APPLICATION mum ran. 19, 1901.

lfiirvesses No. 752,941. iatented February 23, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY R. WYKERT, OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

CAMP-BEDSTEAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 752,941, dated February23, 1904.

Application filed February 19, 1901. Serial No. 47,915. (No model.)

To all whorm it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY R. WYKER'I, residing at Omaha, in the countyof Douglas and State of Nebraska,have invented certain usefulImprovements in Camp-Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanyingdrawings, whichform a part of this specification.

This invention has relation to a camp-bedstead.

The object of my invention is to provide a camp-bedstead which is lightand portable and so arranged that the bed may be folded into a verysmall package and the same to be readily transported in a short package,to be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, I have shown in Figure 1 a top view of mycampbedstead as opened with the cover removed. Fig. 2 shows a bottomview of the camp-bedstead with the cover removed, showing'the twocounterpart sections as folded away toward the intermediate supporting 7legs. Fig. 3 shows a side View of the bedstead as folded. Fig. 4 shows atop view of the cover. Fig. 5 shows an end view disclosing thearrangement of the bed, while Fig. 6 shows an enlarged broken detacheddetail disclosing the method of securing the cover.

My invention embodies four counterpart side pieces. (Marked 3,4,7, and8.) These side pieces are preferably made of wood and are square. Thesections l and 8 are next pivotally connected to a hinge-plate 14:, asis shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3, in such a manner that these side bars 4:and 8 can be brought in aline ment. The counterpart bars 3 and 7 areconnected by means of the hinge-plate 15. The plate 1 9: is secured bymeans of the rivets and 26 and the plate 15 by means of the rivets 29and 30; Extending from the hinge-plates 14: and 15 and fixed thereto arethe legs 6 and 5, the first being secured to the plate 14 by means ofthe rivets and 4.1 and the leg 5 to the plate 15 by means of the rivetsi2 and 43. The intermediate legs 5 and 6 are pivottion with thebedstead.

v ally unitedby means of therivet e. The side bars 4 8 and3 7 may befolded upon and against the intermediate legs, as is shown in Fig. 3.

Secured to the bars 4 and 3 are the hinges 12 and 14:, the first beingpivotally secured by means of the rivet 24 and the second by means ofthe rivet 28, as is shown in Fig. 1. Fixed to the hinge-plate 12 is theend leg 1,

corresponding in length to the legs 5 and 6,

and the counterpart inner end leg 2, these legs 1 and 2 being connectedby means of the rivet c, so that these legs 1 and 2 may be foldedbetween the bars 3 and 4; toward the center or intermediate legs 5 and6. In Fig.- 2 these legs 2 and 1 are shown as folded between the sidebars 3 and 4;.

The side bars 7 and 8 are provided with the hinge-plates 13 and 11, thefirst being secured by the rivet 81 and the second by the rivet 27. Tothe hinge 13 is secured an end leg 10, similar to the legs described,and secured to the hinge-plate 11 is a counterpart leg 9, these legs 9and 10 being united by means of a rivet c.

When the end legs 1 and 2 and 9 and 10 have been opened up so, that theyextend in alinement with the intermediate legs 5 and 6, the side barsmay be folded against one another or carried away from one another todetermine the width or spread of the bed.

All of the hinged plates 1 k, 15, 14', 12, 11, and 13 are made of sheetmetal and suitably perforated, so that the legs may be properly securedto these hinge-plates. These hingeplates being flat the legs comeadjacent thereto and nicely fold upon the same.

The width or spread of the bed is determined by the cover which isusedin connec- To prevent the end legs 1 and 2 and 9 and 10 from foldingtoward the center legs, the leg 1 is provided with a toggle-bar A, heldby the rivet. 33, which toggle-bar by means of the pivot g is secured toa second bar B, which bar B by means of the rivet 32 is se cured to theside bar 4. These toggle-bars A and B operate as a hinge, a pin fforming the necessary stop, so that when the legs 1 and 2 are thrownupward these toggle-bars A and B are locked to securely hold the endlegs 1 and 2. Upon the opposite side the end bar 7 is provided with thebar O, secured by means of the pivot 34, and this bar C by means of thepivot g is secured to a counterpart bar D, secured to the leg 10 bymeans of the rivet and pin f, locking these bars D and C, so that whenthese toggle-bars are opened and lock in alinement these legs 9 and 10are securely held and prevent a longitudinal collapse of the bed.

To determine the spread of the bed, I provide a cover M, of canvas orother suitable material, the edge of which is reinforced by means of arope or strand K, which is secured to the edge, and this edge atsuitable points is provided with U-shaped staples which have their endspassing through the cover M and clenched around the strand K, as will beunderstood in referring to Fig. 6, so that a plurality of U-shaped earsextend from the cover M. This cover M at the center is provided withcut-away portions which come adjacent the hinge-plates 14 and 15, sothat the bed may be readily folded when the cover is secured to thesame.

In Fig. 4 the stitching has been identified by the reference-letter zand shown in dotted lines.

At suitable points the side bars 3 and 4c and 7 and 8 are provided withordinary eyelets m, which may be forced through the U-shaped staples m.These U-shaped ears or staples are so positioned that the eyelet w inpassing through the same must pinch against the edge of the cover M, sothat the same cannot be taken off without exerting some power. Thisprevents the cover from working off itself in case the sleeper shouldtoss uneasily upon the same.

The bed may be folded up into a neat and compact package, and thespecial advantage is that the cover can be almost instantly removed fromthe bed-frame and another light cover substituted. This is of thegreatest importance, as in hospitals where the beds become soiled and incamps the same can be readily detached and cleaned without in any Waymarring the bed-frame or the cover, which is very apt to be the casewhere the cover is tacked or screwed to the bed-frame.

The cover M when the cot is to be used for field purposes is providedwith a sleepingbag attachment. This attachment consists in sewing a flapof a suitable width and length to the cover M, as is shown at P, so thatthis sleeping-bag attachment forms a permanent part of the cot-cover.This sleeping-bag attachment is stitched along two edges to thecot-cover M, preferably along the foot and 'one side section, so thatthe user can crawl under the same. This cover is made to extend asuitable distance beyond the head, and the practice is to turn that sideof the cot to the wind which-has the sleeping-bag edge sewed to it. Nearthe head I provide the cover M with a simple fold of cloth S, underwhich straw, a garment, or anything else may be tucked to form a pillow.This sleeping-bag attachment can be used independent of the bedstead, ifdesired, as it is made of material adapted to shed water. The whole canbe easily cleaned and laundered, and,

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by United States Letters Patent, is-

In a camp-bedstead, the combination with the side rails each of which isformed of sections hinged to be folded in a direction transverse to theplane which they occupy when distended, of folding supporting-legsconnected to said side rails at their ends and middle portions, the endlegs being hinged to the side rails to be folded in a direction parallelwith the side rails, and a cover extending over said side rails andprovided with projecting staples arranged to correspond with thearrangement of eyelets located at intervals on the side rails, saidstaples being adapted to be sprung over the eyelets to engage thelatter, whereby lthe cover is detachably held upon the side ra1 s.

HENRY R. WYKERT.

In presence of- GEORGE W. SUEs, R. J. DAvENroR'r.

